John Joseph "Jack" Irwin and Luz Ermila de Tona apply for a marriage license, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

John Joseph "Jack" Irwin and Luz Ermila de Tona apply for a marriage license, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

March 23, 1936

Date

1936-03-23

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Government Aide to Wed," Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar 1936: A1.
U.S. Attorney John Joseph "Jack" Irwin and Luz Ermila de Tona filed a notice of intention to marry in anticipation of their wedding next week. De Tona is the daughter of late Mexican government official Conrado de Tona, and the couple plans on going to Fresno after the wedding for Irwin's work for the U.S. District Court.
The smiling couple stand signing the form, Mr. Irwin's hand over his wife-to-be's shoulder.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: John Joseph (Jack) Irwin, assistant United States Attorney, and Luz Ermila de Tona are shown at the marriage license bureau yesterday where they filed notice of intention to marry.
Text from negative sleeve: 4474 - John Joseph ("Jack") Irwin (asst US Atty) Luz Ermila {Ermila de Tona} de Tona (daughter of Conrado de Tona, former Mex. gov. official) To Wed 3/23/36 [stamped:] Mar 25 1936
Handwritten on negative: John Joseph Irwin Luz Ermila de Tona 3/23/36

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

de Tona, Luz Ermila, b. 1912 or 1913
Irwin, John Joseph, 1908

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Betrothal--California--Los Angeles